GE: Andrew Wong

Summitting Session: Yingdan Liu

Timer: TBD

Table Topics Master: Minnie Li

Speaker and IE:

Susan Zhou C4 – Jenny Ni

KC Loh A7 – Aky

Carlo Wolff A16 – Joyce Hu

Table Topic Speech Contest: Jenny Ni, Carlo Wolff, Spike Gu, Minnie Li, Joyce Hu

Mandarin Showcase: Joyce Hu

Contest Chair: Susan Zhou

Chief Judge: Beate Richter

Timer: TBD

Counter: TBD

As the General Evaluator, I’d like to share with you the following:

1. The meeting was well organized:
   • thanks for the EVP of Shanghai No.1 , Jasmine and Asst. EVP of CAT Susan (me, our EVP, Emily, is not in town). The key to success is to plan and communicate with role-takers earlier (1-2 weeks before the meeting)
   • Snacks and Water (hot water in cold day is extremly welcomed) are ready, well done!
2. The role takers are experienced and well prepared, expecially:
   • TMC, Alice, is humorous as usual
3. I think the highlight of the evening is Yingdan’s training on Speech Contest
   • video of 2000 world Champion, Ed Tate, it’s very convicing and vivid
   • 3 winning points: Message (inspirational), Connection (with the audience), and Stage Performance
   • practice by LOVE (Learn, Observe, Visualize, Exceed the limit)
   • it would attract immediate and strong interest  if Yingdan could tell us why we should attend the contest in the opening

The only thing I hope we can improve is the speech evaluation. While we CAT members are proud of our critical thinking and frankly opened opinion on the speech evaluation, I do think it would be more motivated if we can:

1. point out the advantages of the speaker and the speech first because the speaker will know which skills he/she has already possessed;
2. focus on speaking skills instead of content
3. provide suggestions or Demo to show how to improve

All in all, I enjoy the meeting.

Please be noted that both the time and venue have been changed:

Time: 7-9pm, Monday, March 1, 2010
Venue: 3/F, Conference Room, North Building, YunFeng Hotel, No#1700, West Beijing Rd.(Near Exit#2, Jing’an Temple Station,Exit 1, MetroLine#2)
近地铁2号线静安寺站1号出口北京西路1700（万航渡路口）云峰大酒店北楼三楼会议室

Toastmasters of the Evening: Alice Yan ACB/ALB (No.1)

Trainer of “Speech Contest”: Yingdan Liu DTM  (CAT)

Table Topics Master: KC Loh CC (CAT)
Table Topics Evaluator: Alex Cheng ACB/CL (No.1)

Speakers:
Hainan Yin(No.1) C5
Elsta Wei CC/CL(No.1) A9 “Low Carbon Life” Manual “Speaking to Entertain”
Carlo Wolff ACB/ALB (CAT) A12 manual “Public Relations”

Evaluators:
Jenny Ni CC/CL (CAT)
Andrew Wang ACB (CAT)
Twinsen Wu CC/CL (No.1)

General Evaluator: Susan Zhou DTM (CAT)
Timer: Shane Liu (No.1)
Grammarian: Joyce Hu (CAT)
Ah Counter/Gender Confusion: Mickey Su (No.1)

Speaker: Carlo Wolff ACB ALB

General Evaluator: Susan Zhou DTM
Evaluator 1: Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC
Evaluator 2: Andrew Wang ACB

TME: Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC

Timer: Minnie Li CC

Table Topics Master: Spike Gu ACB CL

Speeches

Jenny Ni CC Fall in Love With Yourself
Manual: Humorously Speaking | Project: keep them laughing (A6)
Objective 1: Prepare a speech that opens with a self-deprecating joke;
Objective 2: String together two or three related jokes in the speech body;
Objective 3: Close the speech with a humorous story.

KC Loh CC The Secret
Manual: Speaking to Inform | Project: The Abstract Concept (A6)
Objective 1: Research and organize the thought of experts on an abstract concept, theory, historical force, or social/political issue;
Objective 2: Present the ideas in a clear and interesting manner.

Andrew Wang ACB Smoking Should Not Be Allowed in Any Restaurant
Manual: Persuasive Speaking | Project: Addressing the Opposition (A19)
Objective 1: Prepare a talk on a controversial subject that persuades an audience to accept or at least consider your viewpoint;
Objective 2: Construct the speech to appeal to the audience’s logic and emotions.

And we will enjoy a senior evaluations team led by President Carlo Wolff ACB ALB as General Evaluator, and supported by Joyce Hu CC CL, Bill Wang ACB and Yingdan Liu DTM.

Thursday night, 25 February, from 7pm.

Hope you can make it!

But when asked about it once, Gladwell replied, “I know it may not look like this. But it’s all scripted. I write down every word and then I learn it off by heart. I do that with all my talks and I’ve got lots of them.”

It’s great to connect with your audience as if you were just having a casual chat with them. And sometimes that’s precisely what you will want to do. Other times, when you want to really nail it, you might be better off going beyond the bullet points to rehearse, refine and distill the most important information that you are there to share. And find yourself on a level where you have that polish that casual (amateur?) speaking just doesn’t allow.

While memorizing isn’t “the answer”, if you want to deliver a professional-standard speech, you might find yourself enjoying an interesting experience if you treat your next presentation as a performance.

At least that what seems to work for the guy who wrote The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers and, most recently, What the Dog Saw.

Summiting Session – Susan Zhou, DTM on Passion

SUPER Table Topics will be held again! Listen to Minnie from Novartis 1st give a 5 to 7 minute speech, speaking off the cuff. Super TT evaluator is Jenny Ni, CC/CL.

Prepared Speakers:
Joyce Hu, CC/CL                     Evaluator: Andrew Wong, ACB 
Bill Wang, ACB                          Evaluator: Jenny Ni, CC/CL  
Carlo Wolff:  ACB & ALB       Evaluator: Susan Zhou, DTM

Summiting Session – Carlo Wolff ACB ALB on Non-Verbal Communication

SUPER Table Topics will be held again! Listen to these members give a 5 to 7 minute speech, speaking off the cuff. Super TT speakers are Bill Wang ACB and Joyce Hu CC & CL. Super TT evaluator is KC Loh CTM.

Prepared Speakers:
– Andrew Yuk Ho Wong ACB
– Raf Verheyen CC
– Jack Guo CC & CL

Individual Evaluators:
– Aky (Oemer Akyazici) CC
– Jenny Ni CC CL

My question for you is – what can CAT help YOU with this year?

Is your goal to get another 10 speeches down? Do you want to compete in the international speech contest? Become a better trainer? Complete your DTM? Put on a TM event?

Do you want to train on a specific topic? Or give a speech to an advanced group to receive a bit tougher evaluation?

Please let us know! CAT can provide support in many ways!

We’re looking forward to 2010!